> It looks like a glass sphere held in the center of a small equatorial
> sundial.   The image of the sun focuses to a point at some short 
> distance away from the surface of the glass sphere.  Held in place
> at this distance away from the glass and following the curve of
> the sphere is a piece of waxpaper against a dark background.
> When the sun shines, the waxpaper is scorched. When the sun 
> is behind the clouds, it is not scorched. The result is a recording of the 
> amount of sunshine seen at that location on that day.


    There's one listed at:  http://www.inta.net.au/js/Meteorology.html

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